Is Israel undemocratic to people who are not Jewish?

Question

A radio report says a member of the Israeli government has resigned after pushing for equal rights in Israel for non Jews. A retaliatory investigation commenced against that member, Busharif (sp). Most charges have been dropped. Some citizens are now calling Israel fascist and racist.

Israel is called a "Jewish Democratic State". Jews traveling from the US to settle have more rights under the "Law of Return" than non-Jewish people who are born there. For non-Jews, living in Israel is called a "Catastrophic Existence".

Without anger or suspicion, please explain how non-Jewish people can have equal rights in Israel and what systems are in place to help them. Thank you.

Answer 1

That member of the Israeli Kenneset you are referring to is Azmi Bishara.

The reason he resigned and left the country is because he was to be charged with sedition.

Not for his work by supporting Israeli-Arabs, but from this.

Bishara visited Syria in 2001, and gave a speech at a memorial ceremony for Syrian President Hafez al-Assad where he expressed support for Hezbollah. Upon his return to Israel, he was indicted and charged with incitement to violence and support for a terrorist organization, as defined by Israel's Prevention of Terror Ordinance. [16] Bishara again visited Syria in September 2006, where he warned of the possibility that "Israel launch a preliminary offensive in more than one place, in a bid to overcome the internal crisis in the country and in an attempt to restore its deterrence capability."[17] He and members of his party also visited Lebanon, where they told the Lebanese prime minister that Hizbullah's resistance to Israel has "lifted the spirit of the Arab people".[18] Soon thereafter at Interior Minister Roni "Bar-On's request, Attorney General Menachem Mazuz ordered a criminal investigation be opened against Balad MKs Azmi Bashara, Jamal Zahalka and Wassel Taha over their recent visit to Syria", as "[a]fter Bashara's last trip in 2001, the Knesset passed a law forbidding MKs from visiting any enemy state."[19]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azmi_Bishara

Answer 2

The word democracy means to be governed by the people. If Israel is a state composed of mostly Jews then what's the problem? In fact, there is no government on earth that is a perfect democracy. Even the ancient Greeks -- the alleged inventors of democracy -- never really had democracy. They did not allow women to vote. The majority of Athenians were women, slaves, and children. Only male citizens with a measure of status were allowed to vote. In the United States women could not vote until 1920. Many young men at age 18 were drafted into the Vietnam war but were not allowed to vote. Of course, it was okay for them to die for their country. Today children under the age of 18 can't vote in the U.S. They make up a large portion of the population, however.

Answer 3

As I understand it from various research on the subject, approximately 80% of citizens of Israel are Jewish, however there is a 20% portion of the population and growing that are not Jewish, consisting of catholics, Christians and even Muslims.

Ironically Israel is one of the most accepting and most tolerant of judao-christian religions other than straight semitism and yet their country takes the most heat and is persecuted pretty heavily for it, but to present day this is the scenario in place at the present time.

In terms of systems in place, they have several laws in order to protect non-Jews, tied heavily to their churches, as well as government, as well as the military. I can't tell you specifically the numbers or codes of the law that enforce the rights, but I can site you some website that can lead you to those specific laws and protectionist measure you are seeking.

Answer 4

Even the Jew's don't know much about being a Jew. There is no real definition.

Answer 5

No!

Non-Jews are allowed to vote.

Answer 6

see if you can join their military